NHL: 30 best series winning goals in NHL Playoffs history

NHL: 30 best series-winning goals in NHL playoff history:
23. Ray Whitney beats the Flames

Here we go again. Game 7. Double overtime. A certified star had the puck on his stick with everything on the line. A young goalie was on the other side looking to make a name for himself. The drama was intense despite it being just the first round between the Flames and Sharks in 1995.

This series was wild. The Sharks won the first two games pretty handily. Then, the Flames came back and won three games in a row, which included two absolute blowouts. The Sharks won Game 6 at home, and the series would go back to Calgary for Game 7.

The game was a high-scoring affair with one of the craziest third periods in a Game 7 we’ve ever seen. The Sharks had a 2-1 lead going into the period when Pat Falloon made it 3-1 just 19 seconds into the 3rd. That could have taken the life out of the Flames, but not this time. Four minutes later, Sheldon Kennedy made it 3-2, and it seemed like the Flames had new life with plenty of time to go. Craig Janney made it 4-2, but the Flames had some heroics in their back pocket. Joe Nieuwendyk and German Titov scored just 38 seconds apart to tie the game, and we were heading to overtime. With how busy the third period was, it’s no surprise that overtime ended quickly. It ended on a shot from Ray Whitney.

Ray Whitney just sits in front of the net and tips the puck past Trevor Kidd. The Sharks were swarming around the Flames net, and they had the entire defense on its heels. That is never a good place to be in overtime, and it ended up being the final mistakes of the Flames 1995 season.